Thematic Bible: Unprofitable


Thematic Bible




All have turned away;
all alike have become useless.
There is no one who does what is good,
not even one.
Verse ConceptsCharacter Of WickedPeople Going AstrayUseless PeopleNot Going GoodNo One Available


All have turned away;
all alike have become useless.
There is no one who does what is good,
not even one.
Verse ConceptsCharacter Of WickedPeople Going AstrayUseless PeopleNot Going GoodNo One Available

Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them deliver you in the time of your oppression.” Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionemptinessSarcasmPraying AmissCompetition

They lift it to their shoulder and bear it along;
they set it in its place, and there it stands;
it does not budge from its place.
They cry out to it but it doesn’t answer;
it saves no one from his trouble.
Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionemptinessHearingProtection, Not Found InShouldersCarrying IdolsIdolatryOthers Not AnsweringSalvation By Other Things

I will expose your righteousness,
and your works—they will not profit you.
Verse ConceptsUnprofitable Sins

They have sown wheat but harvested thorns.
They have exhausted themselves but have no profit.
Be put to shame by your harvests
because of the Lord’s burning anger.
Verse ConceptsHarvestProfitsSin, Effects OfSowing And ReapingThornsWheatUnprofitable SinsNot Reaping What You SowToiling In Vain

Why do you spend money on what is not food,
and your wages on what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.
Verse ConceptsSpiritual FoodemptinessdissatisfactionPleasurePhysical LabourUnprofitable SinsBeing UnsatisfiedBuying FoodNo FoodPay Attention To God!FinancesMoney Blessingsenergy

He will look at men and say,
“I have sinned and perverted what was right;
yet I did not get what I deserved.
Verse ConceptsUnprofitable SinsGod Has ForgivenWe Have Sinned




Don’t turn away to follow worthless things that can’t profit or deliver you; they are worthless. Verse ConceptsFutilityFalse ReligionUseless ThingsRescueIdols Not ExistingSteadfastnessUnprofitable SinsUseless Idols

For the evil have no future;
the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Verse ConceptsUnprofitable SinsExtinguishingThe Future

All who make idols are nothing,
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.
Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfFalse ReligionRefugeIdols Not ExistingVanityUnprofitable SinsUseless PeopleShame Of IdolatryimageHinduism



When I considered all that I had accomplished and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun. Verse ConceptsAchievementPhysical LabourdissatisfactionUseless EndeavourUnder The SunSuccess And Hard Work


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